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Originally Posted by Blk Blur
Silver is a nice color,its my second choice after white. I'm looking for a white 996 turbo for sale but cant seem to find one
White in 996tt is rare. I looked for a white one but ended up with arctic silver because got a SMOKING deal.
 
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Silver is traditional. Ferdinand Porsche's first successful race cars were silver, so it is a tradition.
 
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Originally Posted by LUCIANO136
Pretty much every single one of them I see is silver?! I know it's the most low maintenance color on a car but IMO, also the most boring. Is there a reason why there are so many of them? I thought colors were customized to the buyer's taste?
The answer is..drum roll...it's the faster color. A search will give you confirmation. ..
 
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OK lets take a different look at this. To describe the actual color of silver the answer would obviously be silver.OK now lets look at gold.You could describe the color of gold as yellow. Being that gold is worth more than silver you can conclude that yellow is the superior color.
 
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Originally Posted by PAULIEWALNUTS
OK lets take a different look at this. To describe the actual color of silver the answer would obviously be silver.OK now lets look at gold.You could describe the color of gold as yellow. Being that gold is worth more than silver you can conclude that yellow is the superior color.
Unless my car is platinum....
 
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Unless my car is platinum....
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OK try this, the survival of the Earth depends on which star? Answer is the Sun,which is always described as yellow. So there you have it yellow = survival of the Earth.So yellow is the best color x infinite.
 
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Paulie. ..can I have some of that good stuff your smoking. ..
 
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Got silver, like it, but I must confess, it's a bit boring (would have jumped at yellow or red...I love the look of red turbos!)
 
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Originally Posted by topgun
Paulie. ..can I have some of that good stuff your smoking. ..

Tommy boy, no funny stuff here,just explaining the truth of the color hierarchy. YELLOW above all.
 
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Originally Posted by Prche951
Silver is traditional. Ferdinand Porsche's first successful race cars were silver, so it is a tradition.
Yes, silver is a Porsche heritage color - it is even proliforated through commercials and print. Personally, I associate Silver with Porsche, just like I associate Red with Ferrari.

I am however, impartial to Black, but could not find a black/black w/sports seats at the time that wasn't beat to hell.

Originally Posted by ReeknHavic
Ahh, you just beat me to it. I guess I'll 4th that then.
5th.


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Originally Posted by LUCIANO136
Pretty much every single one of them I see is silver?! I know it's the most low maintenance color on a car but IMO, also the most boring. Is there a reason why there are so many of them? I thought colors were customized to the buyer's taste?
It was Ferdinand Porsche prefered color,so do i
 
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Originally Posted by Prche951
Silver is traditional. Ferdinand Porsche's first successful race cars were silver, so it is a tradition.
I didn't know that but i agree
 
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Originally Posted by PAULIEWALNUTS
OK try this, the survival of the Earth depends on which star? Answer is the Sun,which is always described as yellow. So there you have it yellow = survival of the Earth.So yellow is the best color x infinite.
I thought the sun was as more orange then yellow. You might want to go back to 1st grade and relearn your color chart.
 
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Originally Posted by rdss
I didn't know that but i agree

they were the Auto Union(Audi) Silver Arrows of the 30's. These cars were the creation of Ferdinand Porsche and they dominated German racing during that time. Yes they were silver, as in Silver Arrows
 


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